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The Lost Names of 1880

　　I was combing through the Top 1000 Names of 1880 the other day for another project (ah, the glamorous life of the baby name expert) and I was blown away by how many names on the list had been totally forgotten. I don’t mean just marginalized, like Ethel or Beulah,...

Jan 11, 2025

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Heroine Names: Worthy Women with Notable Names, Part 2: Cultural Icons

Jan 11, 2025

　　We looked at trailblazing women in Part One of this blog yesterday—bold and courageous achievers who would prove worthy namesakes for a daughter. Now we turn to those with major accomplishments in the arts—a varied mix of writers, artists, and musicians of the far and fairly recent past—many of whom seem to...

Golden Girl Names

Jan 11, 2025

　　When The Golden Girls hit the small screen in 1985, the names of its leading ladies—Rose, Dorothy and Blanche—were late middle aged, and Mama Sophia was old enough to have already been in and out of the Shady Pines Nursing Home. That was 25 years ago, a period of major change in the...

Baby Names from Books: 20 Lost Literary Girls’ Names

Jan 11, 2025

　　Within the pages of books from all periods of literary history—from classical, metaphysical and Elizabethan poetry and plays to the Romantics and the Realists, right up to modern novels—can be found gems of names that have been lost to time, either because they’ve been identified with a singular character or simply...

Place Names: New Destinations

Jan 11, 2025

　　Feeling that geographical names have become kind of ho-hum? It’s true that many people have tired of Paris and some of the over-visited names from the American West like Cheyenne, Sierra, Dakota and Dallas. But that’s no reason to write off the whole category—we can renew our passports and look...

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Girl Baby Names: Harlow, Cleo, or Willow?

Jan 11, 2025

　　They’ve narrowed their list to three great names for their new daughter: Cleo, Harlow, or Willow. But how do they decide which is best? 　　Penny–May writes: 　　I’d really appreciate your help with our name choice. We are in Australia, so name trends are different than in the US. 　　My husband...

Sister Names: Long or Short?

Jan 11, 2025

　　Sibling names add a whole layer of complexity to naming a baby. Naming your first child may have been challenge enough — finding names that you like, agreeing on a single name with your partner — but naming a sibling comes with its own set of tasks. 　　The goal of naming siblings...

9 Glowing Girl Names: Brilliant and bright

Jan 11, 2025

　　By Linda Rosenkrantz 　　There are many girls’ names that mean light. There’s the whole Lu-name contingent: Lux and Luz, Lucy and Lucia, Lucille and Lucinda, for starters. And the bright and clear Clara, Claire, Clarissa contingent. And all the Helen, Helena, Ellen, Leonora et al names that mean ‘bright, shining...

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Your Favorite Literary Names for Boys

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Baby Names from Books: 6 choice choices for boys

Jan 11, 2025

　　By Anna Otto of Waltzing More Than Matilda 　　1. Caspian 　　Caspian is a character in C.S. Lewis’s fantasy series, The Chronicles of Narnia. As a young boy in Prince Caspian, he had to fight for his throne against his usurping uncle to become king of Narnia, and as a youth...

Jack, Jackson & Theodore: Who says it’s tough to name a boy?

Jan 11, 2025

　　The Nameberry 9 by Abby Sandel of Appellation Mountain 　　I’ve often said that if our second child were a boy, he would have gone nameless. 　　Blame it on our preferences. My husband and I planned to source family names for our children, without thinking about the imbalance. We have tons...

Boys’ Names: Which do you think is the very best?

Jan 11, 2025

　　For our new book, we winnowed the 20,000 boys’ names on Nameberry down to our picks for the very best: the most stylish classic names, the fashionable choices that transcend trends, the most usable unusual names. 　　It was a difficult task, but now we’re asking you to choose the best...

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Fall’s Biggest Name Trend: Econames

Jan 11, 2025

　　Total Bellas star Brie Bella, mother of three-year-old Birdie Joe and newborn Buddy Dessert, revealed she would have chosen the name Branch or Blossom for her child if she’d had a girl. “People thought I was crazy, but I thought Birdie and Branch would just be like the sweetest, cutest...

Surnames That Make Great Unisex Baby Names

Jan 11, 2025

　　Surnames used as unisex baby names offer fresh, modern-sounding options that aren’t too tied to one gender. 　　Last names as first names are always in fashion. Some lean strongly to one gender, as we can see in the USA’s list of popular names. Harper and Avery are mostly given to...

Last Names as First Names: Welcome to the Next Wave

Jan 11, 2025

　　The great thing is that the pool of surnames is so large — and ever more diverse — that there are always more to discover. 　　Sure, they don’t all make good first names. I know families called Beer, Small and Bumstead, but I doubt any babies will get those as...

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60 Southern Baby Names With Charm And Style

Jan 11, 2025

　　What makes a Southern name? Just a unique blend of tradition and modern style. 　　Parents in the American South are famous for passing on family names to children, for example by repeating first names, or using mom's maiden name as a first name. This means that classics like John and...

The Secret Meanings of Color Names

Jan 11, 2025

　　Color names, either flat-out color names like Blue or names with colorful meanings like Aurelia, are more and more popular. 　　But do you know the secret meanings behind the color behind that name you love? 　　Color-related meanings are drawn from a wide range of cultures and are often even older...

How Millennial Is Your Name?

Jan 11, 2025

　　Millennial names define their generation. John and Mary were the Number 1 names for The Greatest Generation, Linda and Gary emblematic names of the Baby Boom, and now Jessica and Michael emerging as the top names for Millennials. 　　Nameberry tabulated the names of all babies born from 1982 until 2004,...

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New Study Determines the Top Jewish Names

Jan 11, 2025

　　Jewish names are a diverse set, represented by Hebrew names, biblical names, Yiddish names, and gentile names that gained popularity among the American Jewish community. 　　A recent report by the Hebrew Union College Jewish Institute of Religion's Jewish Language Project reveals the most popular Jewish names in the US. This...

5 Easy Ways to Judge a Baby Name

Jan 11, 2025

　　Many of us spend an entire nine months — or even longer — weighing the relative merits of names for our babies. 　　But it’s possible to judge most names much more quickly than that, at least accurately enough to tell whether they belong on your shortlist. 　　Here, Nameberry’s top quick...

Forgotten Names Making a Comeback

Jan 11, 2025

　　Looking for a niche source of rare baby names? Try the comeback kids of 2022. 　　These names were once used for babies in the US, but then vanished for decades. Just when you might think they were lost forever, they've re-appeared in the official baby name data for 2022. 　　The...

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9 Timeless Rules for Naming Your Baby

Jan 11, 2025

　　On this 98-degree day, I’m doing the only chore that makes sense: cleaning the basement. That’s how, deep in a dusty box, between my now adult daughter’s kindergarten drawings and my ancient college essays, I found a draft of the proposal for our very first baby-naming book. 　　What struck me...

Test-Driving Your Baby Name

Jan 11, 2025

　　When picking a name, it can be hard to find opportunities to test the name in a way that gauges the true ‘wearability’ of the name and the reactions it is likely to elicit. People’s abstract opinions of names (“no-one will ever be able to spell Aoife correctly”, “Harper is...

Family Names Are Getting More Adventurous

Jan 11, 2025

　　Sure, Thanksgiving is about sweet potatoes with little marshmallows on top, but it’s also about family. That’s why, as we approach the holiday, our coverage of Thanksgiving baby names is focused this year not on Pilgrim names or turkey names but on the new style in family names. 　　Family names...